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Minerals engineering research gets a boost as efforts continue to increase overall graduate numbers in the associated disciplines While statistics from the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations (DEEWR) show a growing number of students completing degrees in engineering, ...

Vocational research centre launches free international research database Australia does not need an education sector taken from old notions of powers and elites but one that relates to new and emerging ways of thinking about knowledge creation and industry, Stephen ...

US community colleges offering degrees are required to demonstrate how the new degrees will support skill shortages being experienced in the community. The rapid growth of four-year degrees in community colleges across the US following recent legislative changes was a ...

Law graduate swaps academic robe for traditional indigenous attire at graduation In his graduation ceremony at Macquarie University Lachlan McDaniel swapped his western academic uniform for a possum skin cloak. In doing so he became one of Australia's first indigenous ...

When BrandMatters began working with CSU in 2009, it was considered a model regional university in the Dawkins mould writes Paul Nelson.ctives, BrandMatters took a careful approach. A successful branding project would have to proceed in bite-sized chunks, that internal ...

Universities warn of damage to Australian research reputation if cuts go ahead. Universities Australia has urged the Government to affirm its commitment to public investment in research and innovation as a key plank in the 2011 Federal Budget to ensure ...

Australia’s leading research funders, the Australian Research Council (ARC) and the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC), have agreed to changes in how they assess research publications in the grant applications of those with interrupted careers. These were two ...

The University of Technology, Sydney has appointed a builder to provide pre-construction services for world-renowned architect Frank Gehry’s first Australian building – a $150 million business school at the university’s city campus. The plan for the Dr Chau Chak Wing ...

Stakeholders interested in the TEQSA legislation will be spending the Easter break poring over the draft provider standards which were released for public consultation by the government last week. The standards were published on Wednesday April 13, which was also ...

Credit rating being looked at by universities in bid to deliver infrastructure The University of Newcastle has joined a growing number of Australian universities who have or are seeking credit ratings. It announced last week that it achieved a strong ...